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Western Alaska braces for strong storm, possible floods

A vast swath of western Alaska could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok move toward the Bering Sea region

The Independent UK

Australian Medical Association leads push to secure disaster grants for healthcare providers

Health organisations join forces to demand more help from governments so they can recover and assist communities ravaged by flooding, arguing that all healthcare providers are essential services that deserve disaster support.

ABC News

Children, women prone to diseases in Pakistan's stagnant flood water

Children and women are becoming more vulnerable as tens of thousands of people suffer from infectious and water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan and the death toll from the inundation surpassed 1,500, according to government data and UNICEF on Friday.

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Central Victorians warned to brace for flooding as 'astronomical' volumes of water soak region

Heavy rain forecast for parts of Central Victoria is putting local councils on an emergency footing as they brace for rising water levels and fast-running creeks.

ABC News

Three rescued off ute as inland NSW floods

The NSW SES has rescued 14 people as heavy rain falls on already saturated grounds and full dams in the state's central west region.

AAP

Pakistan floods ‘made up to 50% worse by global heating’

Study says climate crisis likely to have significantly increased rainfall and made future floods more likely

The Guardian - UK

Come Rain or Shine

Everyone and their mother are well aware that floods suck, period. But give it to the Thais who manage to make the most of the rains as shown in these pictures, which I hope will lighten up the heavy rain (with no intention to glamourise it).

Bangkok Post

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England donate to flood appeal on first return to Pakistan since 2005

England touched down in Karachi on Thursday for a seven-match Twenty20 series

The Independent UK

Former teacher leading ‘epic trek’ to raise money for struggling flood victims in Pakistan

"Villages have been wiped away and some places look like war zones because of the damage done by the water"

Wales Online

Pakistan reopens key highway to speed aid to flood victims

Officials say Pakistani engineers backed by troops have reopened a key highway linking southwestern Baluchistan province to flood-devastated areas in the south

The Independent UK

Russia bombs dam in attempt to flood President Zelensky's home town in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky has blasted Russian tactics in which he claims a dam was deliberately targeted by cruise missiles in an attempt to flood his home town of Kryvyi Rih. The river rose by 2.5 metres and flooding was seen in the city

Daily Mirror

Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open

Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster.

Reuters

‘Localise everything’: after floods, Northern Rivers residents join forces to build disaster resilience

In areas where some felt let down by emergency responses, community groups share skills such as how to clear landslips, operate chainsaws and preserve food

The Guardian - AU

Extensive flooding in northeast

Nine provinces within the Chi and Mun river basins have been affected.

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Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town flooded after Russian missile strikes hit dam

Residents have been ordered to evacuate after a dam was destroyed as cruise missiles hit Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town of Kryvyi Rih.

The Independent UK

Likely vote over Louisiana project caught in abortion debate

For a third time the Louisiana Bond Commission is scheduled to vote, Thursday morning, on a $39 million future line of credit for a New Orleans power plant, critical to power drainage pumps that remove rainwater in a city that faces chronic flood problems

Bangkok Post

Extensive flooding in Chi, Mun river basins

More than 260,000 rai of farmland and residential areas in 9 northeastern provinces within the Chi and Mun river basins are heavily flooded, satellite data shows.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy condemns ‘vile Russian act’ after strike on dam floods his home city

Inhulets River rises estimated 2.5 metres after cruise missiles strike dam, flooding streets of Kryvyi Rih

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Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub?

Harish Pullanoor spent his weekends in the late 1980s tramping around the marshes and ponds of Yemalur, an area then on the eastern edge of the Indian metropolis of Bengaluru, where his cousins would join him catching small freshwater fish.

AAP

La Nina prompts summer flood warning

Another La Nina event could see parts of the country inundated again as they race to clean up from previous devastating floods.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart plans 'flood highway'

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has proposed building a so-called flood highway that would allow run-off from areas upstream of Bangkok to drain faster and directly into the sea.

ABC News

Gunnedah residents feel forgotten after flood inquiry focused on Northern Rivers

With another La Niña on the way, north-west NSW residents like Ken Lloyd, who suffered major flooding in 2021, feel their experience was overshadowed by the Northern Rivers floods just months later.

ABC News

As Queensland readies for a third La Niña event, here's how you can prepare your property

The devastation of February's floods is still fresh in the minds of Queenslanders, but with the weather bureau's declaration of a third La Niña event, here's how you can be better prepared this summer.

The Conversation

Burst mining dam in South Africa: what must be done to prevent another disaster

Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, awoke to a tragic failure of responsibility on 11 September 2022 when torrents of muddy water cascaded over the embankments that were meant to hold it back. The flood killed one person and…

Reuters

Burkina Faso court finds Trevali execs guilty of involuntary manslaughter

A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives of Canadian mining firm Trevali guilty of involuntary manslaughter following a mine flood disaster in April that killed eight miners, the company's country manager said on Wednesday.

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